More emphasis on embracing circumcision is needed nationally because it plays a vital part in the HIV virus prevention. Dr Leo Ngeruka, a surgeon at Rwanda Military Hospital, Kanombe, said during an interview with The New Times yesterday. “A circumcised person has 60 per cent chances of preventing himself from contracting HIV.

Rwanda Military Hospital (RMH) in partnership with US department of Defense through its agencies Drew Cares International, JHPIEGO and Society for Family Health organized Army week activities in celebration of World AIDS day celebrated every 1st December.

At PSI, we believe that extreme poverty can be eradicated in our lifetime only by breaking the traditional development model. Together with our partners, we develop and test breakthrough concepts that actually have the potential to go to scale and make it easier for people in the developing world to lead healthier lives.

Life-saving circumcision procedure, already used by 100,000 men in developing countries, makes the cut at this year’s ‘Oscars of Silicon Valley’ If you want to make a man feel really uncomfortable, talk to him about circumcising his penis.

SAM Sibanda (not real name) is a 26-year-old man living positively with HIV. He was recently circumcised but one thing is bugging him. He wants to have unprotected sex so that he gets a feel of how its like, now that he has been circumcised.

Israeli-developed PrePex honored for helping reduce the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. Israeli-developed PrePex, a nonsurgical method of circumcision, is this year’s winner of the Sutter Health Award at the prestigious Tech Awards 2015 handed out by the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California.

Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter A number of men with penile abnormalities are having the condition corrected during the circumcision procedure and getting a chance to lead a normal sexual experience.

WATCH: Israeli-developed PrePex honored for helping reduce the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. Israeli-developed PrePex, a nonsurgical method of circumcision, is this year’s winner of the Sutter Health Award at the prestigious Tech Awards 2015 handed out by the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California.

‘If you want to make a man feel really uncomfortable, talk to him about circumcising his penis. I should know, I do it every day,” declares a smiling Sabelo Dlamini in the opening of a film shown at this month’s Tech Awards 2015 honoring winner PrePex, an Israeli-developed nonsurgical method of circumcision.

Paidamoyo Chipunza Senior Health Reporter A number of men with penile abnormalities are having the condition corrected during the circumcision procedure and getting a chance to lead a normal sexual experience.

When 33-year-old Zimbabwean Michael Mheredzi heard about a fun day coming to his town, where he could also have the opportunity to be circumcised, he was intrigued. ‘Mr Smart Fun Day’ is a new initiative spearheaded by the Ministry of Health and Child Care, Population Services International and National Aids Council, which took place for the first time in Chachacha village, Shurugwi district on 15 October 2015.

“One of my earliest memories is when I was 3 years old, growing up in East Pakistan during the liberation war for Bangladesh in 1971. Two planes, an F-86 and a MiG-21, were battling in the sky above my house. The dogfight ended with one crashing in my backyard, a moment etched into my memory for a lifetime.

SAN JOSE, CA –(Marketwired – November 13, 2015) – Philanthropists John and Tashia Morgridge, along with 10 innovators from around the world, were honored tonight at the 15thannual Tech Awards Gala at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center.

Posted: 11/13/2015 05:04:50 AM PST Updated: 11/13/2015 05:05:45 AM PST SAN JOSE — A water purifier the size of a backpack, digital tools to help with online reading, a machine that can produce eyeglasses inexpensively, an app to combat wildlife smuggling, and online medical education for pediatric care providers are among the new technologies invented by the winners of this year’s Tech Awards.

SAN JOSE, CA–(Marketwired – November 13, 2015) – Philanthropists John and Tashia Morgridge, along with 10 innovators from around the world, were honored tonight at the 15thannual Tech Awards Gala at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center. Considered the “Oscars of Silicon Valley,” The Tech Awards – presented by Applied…

SAN JOSE — A water purifier the size of a backpack, digital tools to help with online reading, a machine that can produce eyeglasses inexpensively, an app to combat wildlife smuggling, and online medical education for pediatric care providers are among the new technologies invented by the winners of this year’s Tech Awards.

Posted: 11/12/2015 06:53:46 PM PST Updated: 11/13/2015 05:48:58 AM PST SAN JOSE — A water purifier the size of a backpack, digital tools to help with online reading, a machine that can produce eyeglasses inexpensively, an app to combat wildlife smuggling, and online medical education for pediatric care providers are among the new technologies invented by the winners of this year’s Tech Awards.

Letlhakeng – A counsellor from African Comprehensive HIV/AIDS Partnerships (ACHAP), Ms Iponeng Tiro has implored Metsimotlhabe residents to encourage their children to go for Safe Male Circumcision (SMC). Speaking in a kgotla meeting last week, she said it was imperative that children, youth and older men go for SMC as it has been proven by health practitioners to be beneficial.

NAOMI Muti (34), a receptionist at a male circumcision clinic in Harare, spends the greater part of her day attending to various enquiries from men about their health. BY CLIFF CHIDUKU She admits that some men are reluctant to engage her on issues regarding their reproductive health.

Zimbabwe is one of the countries hardest hit by the AIDS epidemic. For the past couple of years, the government has been urging men to get circumcised, a procedure that lowers the risk of getting infected with the HIV virus. Now, officials are pushing the newly-introduced ring method that makes the procedure easier.

In Rwanda, there are only 300 trained doctors for around 10 million people, and almost 90 % of the population in rural areas who live sterile equipment missing. This study shows that with the non-surgical unit Prepex we can safely Task shift circumcision surgeons and family doctors, nurses, if they scaled up to the national level, in the U.S.

In May, Circ MedTech, the makers of the PrePex device for adult voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC), announced it would sell its non-surgical device at US$12 per unit to the 14 WHO-designated priority VMMC countries. The World Health Organization (WHO) prequalified PrePex in 2013, rendering it the first alternative to surgery available for purchase by PEPFAR and other public health providers.

The Papua AIDS Eradication Commission (KPAD) has overseen the circumcision of 230 Papuans using PrePex devices, a painless procedure provided by the US-based Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI), at Dok II Jayapura Hospital. “Of the 253 people who applied for circumcision, 230 had it done.

Go for circumcision. Studies have found that men (and their female partners) are better off without their foreskin: circumcised men have a significantly lower risk of urinary tract infections , ,, cancer of the penis/HPV, gonorrhoea, genital warts, and prostate cancer .

Achieving the target of circumcising 80% of males between the ages of 15 to 49, which translates to 4.3 million medical male circumcision (MMC), by the end of 2016 could avert more than one million new HIV infections by 2025…

It has been six years since the PrePex device for medical male circumcision came into the fore and joined the global effort of facing one of the biggest health challenges of our times: stopping the spread of HIV and AIDS.

HIV and syphilis testing and diagnosis could soon be simplified to a simple procedure that can be carried out using a cell phone accessory following the development of an appliance through a partnership of Rwandan and US researchers.

Adult men across Rwanda are flocking to health centers to get circumcised, and a new, surgical-free procedure is making the process easier then ever. What’s gotten these men so excited about making the cut? Word spreads fast in the small but densely populated country of Rwanda.

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Quotes

"Even in the ancient practice of circumcision, innovation has the potential to make a big difference. The new PrePex (device)… simplifies the procedure and make surgery unnecessary. The first studies suggest that (this device is) both safe and effective."
Bill Gates, Co-Chair, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Annual Letter - January 2012

“It is the first time we have a device that allows us to scale up VMMC. This will curb the rate of HIV infection in Rwanda."
Agnes Binagwaho, PhD, MD (PED) International HIV Expert and Minister of Health, Rwanda, announcing the Scale-Up of PrePex, November 2013